KARACHI: A district and periods court docket has ordered the Shah Latif City police to file the assertion of a person in opposition to administrators of the Malir Improvement Authority (MDA) and different officers and proceed in accordance with legislation in reference to the death of a four-year-old child who fell into an open manhole in Shah Latif City a few months in the past.
“The matter pertains to very critical nature allegations in opposition to the proposed accused individuals which require a correct and detailed enquiry into the matter,” Extra District and Classes Choose (Malir) Muhammad Ashfaque Mughal noticed whereas disposing of an software filed by Ghazi Khan.
The applicant had approached the court docket underneath Sections 22-A and 22-B of the felony process code (CrPC), in search of directives for the registration of an FIR and recording of statements in opposition to MDA administrators Laiq Ahmed Khan, Adnan, the deputy commissioner of Malir, chairman and vice chairman of native our bodies and different officers.
He alleged that their negligence and carelessness led to the loss of life of his grandson Mohsin Lashari, who fell into an open manhole close to his residence in Shah Latif City.
The choose directed the SHO of Shah Latif City to file the assertion of the applicant underneath Part 154 of the CrPC and proceed additional as per legislation in opposition to the proposed accused individuals.
The applicant submitted that in March his grandson had left residence to purchase one thing. When the kid didn’t return, the household searched the neighbourhood and located him in an open gutter. Space residents managed to retrieve the physique and took it to hospital.
The applicant additional said that he had approached the respondent SHO involved to lodge complaints in opposition to the MDA administrators and different officers and to file his assertion underneath Part 154 of the CrPC. Nevertheless, he alleged that his grievance was not duly acknowledged.
Revealed in Daybreak, Could nineteenth, 2024